Something about us

A taxation officer walks into bar to order a drink, the bar tender turns to him and says: "Im sorry we don't serve your folk around here ." To which the the taxation man replies: "The world would be a better place if we stopped categorising everyone. For all you know i may be into the same things as you."

"True," replied the barman, "but then you might be out of a job."

So this fairly lame story represents my understanding of Taxonomy and Folksonomy. It depicts the problem with hierarchal categorisation, however there still is a need for it on cognitive basis. I like the idea of folksonomy in terms of the way it networks with things and gives more of a basis of familiarity. I also see the advantage of a hierarchal system in which we can navigate through content efficiently and categorically. In the end they both have their uses in society and certainly in the digital realm.